Mark Twain’s death anniversary: Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known by his pen name Mark Twain, is considered one of the greatest writers and humorist the world has ever seen. He grew up in Hannibal, Missouri, USA, and the place was the setting for his novels Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. April 21 is the anniversary of Mark Twain’s death. Here are a few quotes from this legendary personality to indicate his importance in the field of literature.
• Marriage – yes, it is the highest happiness of life. I admit. And it is also the supreme tragedy of life. The deeper the love, the more certain the tragedy. And all the more discouraging when it comes down to it.
• I’d rather sleep naked with Lillian Russell than with Ulysses S Grant in full military version.
• What a world of troubles escape those who never marry! There are many happy combinations, it is true, and sometimes ‘my love’ and ‘my love’ come from the heart; but what sane bachelor, rejoicing in his freedom and years of discretion, will take the enormous risk?
• My advice to girls: don’t smoke – too much; secondly, do not drink – to excess; third, don’t marry – to make matters worse.
• If husbands realized the great profit a wife can make from a small word of praise over the counter when the market is just right, they would get things the way they want much more often than usual . Arguments are unsafe with women because they examine them; but they don’t look at compliments. You can compliment a woman that is three quarters.
• What a world of troubles escape those who never marry! There are many happy combinations, it is true, and sometimes ‘my love’ and ‘my love’ come from the heart; but what sane bachelor, rejoicing in his freedom and years of discretion, will take the enormous risk?
• New Years Eve is a harmless annual institution, of no use to anyone except as a scapegoat for promiscuous drunks, and friendly phone calls and humbug resolutions.
• Love seems the fastest, but it is the slowest growth.
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